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8th grade genetics

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Definition
Genetics   The scientific study of heredity  
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Heredity   The pass of traits from parents to young  
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Trait   A characteristic or feature of an organism  
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DNA   A neucleic acid that stores all the information needed for a cell to function  
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Chromosome   A threadlike structure that is made of of DNA and proteins; a series of genes  
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Karyotype   A visual picture of a set of chromosomes  
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Gene   A section of a chromosome carrying the information for a specific trait  
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Dominant Trait   A trait that prevents the showing of another trait  
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Recessive Trait   A trait that is hidden by the presence of a dominant trait  
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Genotype   The genetic makeup of an organism; the genes  
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Phenotype   The inherited appearance of an organism; the looks  
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Punnett square   A chart that shows all the possible combinations of traits among the offspring of a cross  
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Purebred   An organism that has two of the same forms of a trait  
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Hybrid   An organism that is produced by a cross of parents that have different forms of a trait  
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Incomplete dominance   A condition in which neither trait of a pair is dominant or recessive (Also called "blending")  
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Sex chromosomes   The two chromosomes that determine sex  
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X-chromosome   A sex chromosome found in the cells of both males and females  
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Y-chromosome   A sex chromosome found only in the cells of males  
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Sex-linked trait   A trait that results from a gene that is found on one of the sex chromosomes  
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Meiosis   Cell division in which sperm or eggs are made  
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Mitosis   Cell division in which daughter cells are formed that are just like the parent cell  
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Selective breeding   The crossing of plants or animals having the most useful traits to produce offspring that have the combined useful traits of the parents  
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Genetic engineering   The transfer of genes from one organism to another  
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